Treatment by a nurse practitioner in primary care improves the severity and impact of urinary incontinence in women. An observational study Voiding dysfunction

BMC Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Teunissen, Doreth T A M ^a   Stegeman, Marjolein M ^a   Bor, Hans H ^a   Lagro Janssen, Toine A L M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nurse Practitioner; Primary care; Quality of life; Urinary Incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; WELLBEING; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY CARE NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84931042233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12894-015-0047-0     Document Type: Article

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